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Screamin_Eagle174
November 7th, 2012, 01:17 AM
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#5 Eastern Eagles (7-2, 5-1 BSC) vs. Cal-Davis Aggies (3-6, 2-4 BSC)

* * * * * * * * Senior Day * * * * * * * *

Saturday, Nov. 10, 2012 • 1:35 p.m. Pacific
Roos Field (8,600) • Cheney, Wash.

TV: Televised in Eastern Washington by SWX - SWX Digital 6.2 in Spokane, 25.3 in the Tri-Cities & 23.3 in the Yakima area; Comcast 115; Davis Cable 514/81.2/12; Time Warner 306; Charter 287, Cable One 466; Northland Cable 115 (Greg Heister, Bill Ames)
Webcast: http://b2tv.com/upcoming_events.asp?q=v&value=bigsky
Radio: http://spokaneradio.com/player/kxlxam.html
Live Stats: ewulive.statb.us (http://www.statbroadcast.com/events/statbroadcast.php?gid=ewu&theme=ewu) (web) or ewustats.com (http://ewustats.com/) (mobile phones)

Series: EWU leads 2-0 (http://cfbdatawarehouse.com/data/div_iaa/bigsky/eastern_washington/opponents_records.php?teamid=476)
Last Meeting: EWU won 41-31 on 9/15/07 in Cheney (http://goeags.com/sports/m-footbl/Archive_Files/07Statistics/09-15-07.htm)


The No. 5 Eagles are in position, but now they need to continue to rise back to the top.

The first of two giant steps to extend a promising 2012 season takes place this Saturday (Nov. 10) when the Eastern Washington University football teams hosts UC Davis on "Senior Day” at Roos Field in Cheney, Wash. Kickoff at “The Inferno” is 1:35 p.m. Pacific time as the Eagles bid farewell to 16 EWU seniors.

Besides trying to send the seniors out with a victory, Eastern is hoping to finish the regular season 5-0 at home. Since the red Sprinturf surface was installed in 2010, Eastern is 14-2 at “The Inferno.” Last week’s game was sold out, with an announced attendance of 8,644 – the seventh-largest non-Montana crowd in Roos Field history.

With an average of 9,133 fans attending four home games thus far, the Eagles are on pace to set the school’s single season record for average attendance set last season of 8,898 per game. Eastern would need to have 7,957 fans attend the UC Davis game to equal the mark, although possible home playoff games would factor into that as well.

“I love being here and I love the fans,” said Baldwin. “I know we had another sellout, and even when the weather wasn’t great you still felt them here -- that’s big. There is nothing like being at home. We can’t wait to be here against UC Davis.”

The Aggies, who are 3-6 overall and 2-4 in their first year as a member of the Big Sky Conference (football only), are coming off a bye week. They are a hard-luck team with an excruciating schedule, and suffered narrow losses by eight points or less to three nationally-ranked teams -- Cal Poly (28-20), Montana State (48-41) and South Dakota State (12-8). They also lost just 21-7 on the road to nationally-ranked Big Sky leader Northern Arizona.

Baldwin is pleased with the way his team – and in particular his veteran leaders – responded to the challenge following its frustrating 30-27 loss at Southern Utah, which cost the Eagles their No. 1 ranking in FCS.

“They answered it,” he said. “The season is long and the Big Sky is tough. When you have a game like we had when a few things didn’t go right and Southern Utah did a great job against us, the best thing you can do is learn from it and then move on. Even if we had won that game, you get to Monday and you move forward. That’s what you have to do. You can’t ever hold on to a win, and you can’t let a loss beat you twice. I’m saying something that every coach says and there is a truth to it. There is a reason everyone says that. It’s one thing to say it and it is another thing to have a bunch of leaders in the locker room who truly come back and act that way.”
http://goeags.com/sports/m-footbl/2012-13/Releases/12fbNov5UCDavis

Screamin_Eagle174
November 7th, 2012, 01:17 AM
Big Sky Conference Podcasts (Jon Kasper)
[AUDIO] Big Sky Podcast - Beau Baldwin (http://bigskyconf.com/podcasts.aspx?podcast=523) (11/7)

KREM
Raw: Beau Baldwin on Senior Day matchup with UC Davis [VIDEO] (http://www.krem.com/video/raw/Raw-Beau-Baldwin-on-Senior-Day-matchup-with-UC-Davis-177811511.html) (11/7)

Spokesman-Review (John Blanchette)
Blanchette: As luck will have it, Johnson back in game for EWU (http://www.spokesman.com/stories/2012/nov/04/as-luck-will-have-it-johnson-is-back-in-the-game/) (11/4)
Spokesman-Review (Jim Allen)
Healthy Eagles hitting their stride (http://www.spokesman.com/stories/2012/nov/07/healthy-eagles-hitting-their-stride/) (11/7)
Eastern’s Pavel deep threat at kicker (http://www.spokesman.com/stories/2012/nov/07/easterns-pavel-deep-threat-at-kicker/) (11/7)
Eastern ponders its place in postseason (http://www.spokesman.com/stories/2012/nov/07/eastern-ponders-its-place-postseason/) (11/7)
EWU Football Live Chat (http://www.spokesman.com/blogs/sportslink/2012/nov/08/ewu-football-live-chat/) (11/8)

The California Aggie
Football Preview: Eastern Washington (http://www.theaggie.org/2012/11/08/football-preview-8/) (11/8)

UCDavisAggies.com
Aggies Prepare For No. 5/6 Eastern Washington (http://www.ucdavisaggies.com/sports/m-footbl/spec-rel/110812aaw.html) (11/7)

The Davis Enterprise (Chris Saur)
Aggies enter The Inferno on Saturday (http://www.davisenterprise.com/sports/aggies-enter-the-inferno-on-saturday/) (11/9)

Screamin_Eagle174
November 7th, 2012, 04:10 PM
PASS OFFENSE: YPG - % - YPA - YPC - TDs - INTs
EWU: 286ypg - 58.5% - 8.0ypa - 13.6ypc - 21tds - 10ints
UCD: 231ypg - 60.6% - 6.9ypa - 11.4ypc - 11tds - 13ints

PASS DEFENSE: YPG - % - YPA - YPC - TDs - INTs
EWU: 224ypg - 65.0% - 7.1ypa - 11.0ypc - 10tds - 7ints
UCD: 233ypg - 61.4% - 7.4ypa - 12.0 ypc - 12tds - 8ints

RUSH OFFENSE: YPG - YPC - TDs
EWU: 152ypg - 4.2ypc - 9tds
UCD: 134ypg - 3.5ypc - 17tds

RUSH DEFENSE: YPG - YPC - TDs
EWU: 159ypg - 3.9ypc - 12tds
UCD: 170ypg - 4.6ypc - 22tds

TURNOVERS: FUM/LOST - FUM/GAIN = FUM NET - INT-/INT+ = INT NET = TOTAL MARGIN
EWU: - 12/3 - 18/12 = +9 - 10/7 = -3 = +6
UCD: - 10/6 - 15/9 = +3 - 13/8 = -5 = -2

CONVERSION %: 3RD OFF/DEF- RZ OFF/DEF - RZTD OFF/DEF
EWU: 44%/45% - 91%/81% - 53%/56%
UCD: 40%/39% - 82%/88% - 65%/72%

SACKS: MADE/ALLOWED
EWU: 24/20
UCD: 20/30

http://goeags.com/sports/m-footbl/2012-13/Statistics/teamcume.htm
http://www.ucdavisaggies.com/sports/m-footbl/stats/2012-2013/teamcume.html

Screamin_Eagle174
November 8th, 2012, 03:46 PM
Updated with articles.

No Davis fans on AGS? I know very little about their team other than what their stats tell me. It seems their fans have packed it in for the year.

Screamin_Eagle174
November 8th, 2012, 05:53 PM
Guess not.

dudeitsaid
November 8th, 2012, 11:36 PM
Thanks for all the legwork on posting this stuff S-E174

GoAgs72
November 9th, 2012, 11:26 AM
UC Davis has shown that they can play close with most of the big boys in the Big Sky but just can't seem to put away games. The QB is very inconsistent having been the Big Sky Player of the Week one week and absolutely terrible the next. We were blown out by San Jose State (FBS, bowl-eligible) and Portland State - all the rest of the games were close. I think we have been saddled with a coaching staff that was excellent at the D2 level but just have not succeeded at the FCS level.With a new head coach due next year, we might eventually show some improvement. We are not expecting a great performance at EWU but who knows with the erratic performance of this team. Thirty degrees and an away game does not bode well for our fair weather team. It was near 80 here earlier this week.

SoCalAg
November 10th, 2012, 02:07 AM
I think we're just hoping to keep it together tomorrow and then eliminate J Street Tech from the playoffs next week.

GoAgs72
November 10th, 2012, 08:11 PM
I think we're just hoping to keep it together tomorrow and then eliminate J Street Tech from the playoffs next week.

Ditto. Our season now depends on beating Suck State.

Screamin_Eagle174
November 10th, 2012, 11:57 PM
Hell of a game Davis, you caught us unawares and unprepared. I don't know how after our SUU fiasco, but we somehow managed to get complacent yet again. Good luck next week, you should give Sac everything they can handle.

GoAgs72
November 11th, 2012, 12:02 AM
Hell of a game Davis, you caught us unawares and unprepared. I don't know how after our SUU fiasco, but we somehow managed to get complacent yet again. Good luck next week, you should give Sac everything they can handle.


Previous scores or season records don't usually matter when it comes to the Causeway Classic between UC Davis and Sac State.

dudeitsaid
November 11th, 2012, 12:35 AM
Hell of a game Davis, you caught us unawares and unprepared. I don't know how after our SUU fiasco, but we somehow managed to get complacent yet again. Good luck next week, you should give Sac everything they can handle.
EWU just looked asleep out there. No swagger, no hustle. Hangover from the Cal Poly game? Just play down to opponents? Just a poor showing by the Eagles. Some of those dropped passes would've made this a much different game. Nice to see the defense stiffen at the end, but still...not taking anything away from UC Davis, they are a good team who have played the top teams pretty dang strong, but EWU's gotta do better than that. Hope they come out to play Portland State next week. Hoping we don't need some serious style points to get a seed, because I don't know that we have them!

Screamin_Eagle174
November 11th, 2012, 01:02 AM
EWU just looked asleep out there. No swagger, no hustle. Hangover from the Cal Poly game? Just play down to opponents? Just a poor showing by the Eagles. Some of those dropped passes would've made this a much different game. Nice to see the defense stiffen at the end, but still...not taking anything away from UC Davis, they are a good team who have played the top teams pretty dang strong, but EWU's gotta do better than that. Hope they come out to play Portland State next week. Hoping we don't need some serious style points to get a seed, because I don't know that we have them!

Exactly.